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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What is the function of vitamin C?
B and C
TPN total parenteral nutrition
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
2. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
500 cal/day
low albumin levels < 3.4
4 calories/gram
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
3. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
decrease in total lymphocyte count
essential amino acids
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
4. What is normal BMI?
18-25
fats
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
prealbumin levels
5. When does BMR increase?
apple is higher risk than a pear
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
rickets - osteomalacia
6. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
essential amino acids
one tspn salt or less
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
hemorrhage
7. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
day week or month
fat soluble vitamins
trans fatty acid
6 oz. a day
8. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
B and C
apple is higher risk than a pear
vitamin C - citrus fruits
9. What is RDA of protein?
dietary approach to stop hypertension
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
10. What is normal albumin levels?
apple is higher risk than a pear
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
antioxidant - immune function
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
11. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
B and C
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
protein
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
12. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
decrease in total lymphocyte count
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
13. What foods have high quality protein?
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
protein and fat
review of systems
14. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
albumin levels
4 calories/gram
18-25
fats
15. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
hemoglobin
antioxidant - immune function
review of systems
TPN total parenteral nutrition
16. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
review of systems
liver and intestinal synthesis
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
17. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
vitamin C - citrus fruits
18. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
albumin levels
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
one week period
19. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
carrots and sweet potatoes
one week period
dark green - orange - drybeans
hemorrhage
20. What function is vitamin D?
essential amino acids
vitamin K
one tspn salt or less
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
21. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
trans fatty acid
carrots and sweet potatoes
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
6 oz. a day
22. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
can consume more calories without weight gain
500 cal/day
review of systems
3 cups
23. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
4 calories/gram
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
transferrin
24. What does DASH stand for?
fat soluble vitamins
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
TPN total parenteral nutrition
dietary approach to stop hypertension
25. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
5.5 ounces/day
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
carrots and sweet potatoes
starches - sugars - and cellulose
26. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
diet recall
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
B and C
carrots and sweet potatoes
27. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
pregnant women or elderly
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
4 calories/gram
28. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
atrophy or wasting of muscle
essential amino acids
review of systems
dairy and fortified foods
29. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
hemorrhage
pregnant women or elderly
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
2.5 cups
30. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
review of systems
vitamin C - citrus fruits
TPN total parenteral nutrition
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
31. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
B and C
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
4 calories/gram
trans fatty acid
32. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
2 cups
protein
prealbumin levels
low albumin levels < 3.4
33. What function is vitamin A?
albumin levels
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
can consume more calories without weight gain
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
34. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
transferrin
essential amino acids
B and C
one week period
35. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
starches - sugars - and cellulose
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
36. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
protein and fat
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
milk - enriched grains
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
37. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
carrots and sweet potatoes
day week or month
5.5 ounces/day
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
38. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
vitamin C - citrus fruits
one week period
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
milk - enriched grains
39. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
hemoglobin
40. What type of people need extra protein?
hemoglobin
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
18-25
41. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
cream cheese - cream or butter
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
500 cal/day
42. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
protein
antioxidant - immune function
starches - sugars - and cellulose
rickets - osteomalacia
43. Sources of fats
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
review of systems
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
44. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
albumin levels
fats
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
45. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
pregnant women or elderly
essential amino acids
apple is higher risk than a pear
18-25
46. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
day week or month
3 cups
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
vitamin C - citrus fruits
47. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
vitamin K
6 oz. a day
starches - sugars - and cellulose
48. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
vitamin C - citrus fruits
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
low albumin levels < 3.4
49. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
vitamin K
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
4 calories/gram
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
50. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
fats
2.5 cups
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
one week period